Tea industry should benchmark itself: Commerce secretary

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Union Commerce secretary Anup Wadhawan Thursday said the tea industry should benchmark itself against best practices so that it can compete in the international market against countries like Sri Lanka. "There are fundamental challenges on the production side as productivity was falling. The gardens are no more viable as they used to be. The industry needs to benchmark itself against the best practices to raise production and compete in the international market against countries like Sri Lanka", he said.